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Investigating the Benefit-Cost of MEMS Application for Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure

Jha M.K., Davy A.B., Morgan State University, US

This paper develops a fuzzy-logic based procedure for quantitative cost and benefit calculation of MEMS application for structural health monitoring of transportation infrastructure. This will be a major step forward for widespread MEMS application in [...]

MEMS Reliability Assessment Program – Progress to Date

Zunino III J.L., Skelton D.R., U.S. Army ARDEC, US

As the Army transforms into a more lethal, lighter and agile force, the technologies that support these systems must decrease in size while increasing in intelligence. Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are one such technology that the [...]

Low Cost Vibration Measuring Device Using MEMS Accelerometer

Pandiyan J., Umapathy M., Balachandar S., Arumugam M., Ramaswamy S., Larsen & Toubro Limited, IN

This paper presents the design of an acceleration sensing transmitter using Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) capacitive accelerometer. It describes the accelerometer sensor interfacing circuit, rms-to-dc converter and voltage to current loop converter circuit design, [...]

Dip Pen NanolithographyTM: Nanofabrication and Nanoscale Assembly – Top Down Nanostructures and Bottom Up Nanobio

Haaheim J., NanoInk Inc, US

Precision nanoscale deposition is a fundamental requirement for much of current nanoscience research. Further, depositing a wide range of materials as nanoscale features onto diverse surfaces is a challenging requirement for nanoscale processing systems. Dip [...]

Reliability of Self-assembled Hydropobic Coatings: Chemical Resistance and Mechanical Durability

Kobrin B., Zhang T., Grimes M.T., Chong K., Nowak R., Chinn J., Applied Microstructures, US

We report on hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers (SAM) with an improved chemical and mechanical stability on both Al and Si substrates. These improvements are obtained using a relatively new molecular vapor deposition method - MVDTM, which [...]

Debunking an Urban Legend: Uniformity in Edge-Lit Frustrated TIR Displays

Selbrede M.G., Uni-Pixel Displays, Inc., US

Field sequential color display systems that utilize frustrated total internal reflection to activate pixels offer tremendous advantages over existing display technologies. Among these advantages are display transparency, imaging of infrared and visible light on the [...]

Characterisation of thin film piezoelectric materials by differential interferometric techniques

Cain M.G., Steward M., Downs M., National Physical Laboratory, UK

Piezoelectric thin films are considered emergent materials for integration within Micro Systems Technology (MST) or MEMS devices. The development of suitable measurement facilities to characterise the materials functional properties is complicated by the fact that [...]

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